The curriculum “Artificial Intelligence: From Concept to Application” has been published in its second, expanded edition. It was developed within the BrAIn project and consists of educational programs intended for upper elementary and high school students, implemented as an extracurricular activity or elective subject.
What's new?
The new curriculum edition is the result of action research conducted within the BrAIn project during the 2024/2025 school year. Teachers played an active role, monitored implementation, and provided recommendations for revision. Based on their insights, the curriculum content was revised, and the educational goals and outcomes, key content, and recommendations for their adoption were adapted.
As a direct response to the needs of teachers who participated in the experimental implementation of the curriculum, a supplementary document titled "Informative Overview of AI Learning and Teaching Tools" was created. The document offers an orientational overview of tools that can be used in AI learning and teaching activities. It is intended to support teachers and other educational professionals in using artificial intelligence and includes important notes related to their use in the educational process. It is intended solely as support for teachers and does not represent an official endorsement of the use of the listed tools.
What follows?
An important development is the structural change and adaptation of the existing curriculum for the 2nd and 3rd grades of high school into a curriculum for an elective subject intended for 1st and 2nd-grade students. At the same time, the curriculum for the 3rd and 4th grades of high school is being developed, which represents the next step in shaping a complete educational cycle.
The goal is clear: starting from the next school year, curricula covering students from the 5th grade of primary school to the 4th grade of high school will be available to teachers and students, building a unique educational path where outcomes are built upon grade by grade, skills grow in complexity, and students become not only more skilled users of artificial intelligence tools but also responsible participants in a digital society who utilize artificial intelligence tools in service of their own thinking.
Who can implement curricula and how?
The curriculum can be implemented by all interested teachers – not just Computer Science teachers, but all who wish to incorporate artificial intelligence education into their practice.
Curricula are not rigid, prescribed programs to be followed from the first to the last page. On the contrary, they are conceived as a flexible framework and starting point. Teachers themselves assess which learning outcomes to include in their teaching, in what order, and to what extent, taking into account their students' knowledge, skills, and interests, as well as their own competencies and experience, and their pedagogical approach. In short, curricula are neither an obligation nor a limitation – teachers take what suits them and adapt it to their classroom and students. The goal is not uniform implementation, but meaningful and relevant teaching about artificial intelligence.